With only days until the Interior Design Show takes over Toronto’s Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the design-obsessed team at IDS has curated 10 reasons not to miss Canada’s design event of the year.

1) Opening Night Party Presented By Scavolini And The Globe And Mail

On January 22 from 7-11:00 p.m. join more than 5,500 of the most influential designers and the industry's most savvy for the IDS15 Opening Night Party - Canada’s biggest design party. Don’t miss the chance to rub shoulders with international stars. Tickets are $56 in advance at InteriorDesignShow.com or $61 on-site at the IKEA Ticket Centre with a portion of the proceeds supporting Habitat for Humanity Canada.

2) Carbonless by rhed designLeading designer Del Terrelonge of the multi-disciplinary design firm, rhed will present the second IDS15 feature exhibit that examines the future of living through transformable design with a mobile architecture concept. Carbonless illustrates the ability to live off the grid with a mobile style modern camper incorporating all of the comforts found in modern society, while remaining environmentallyresponsible.

Don’t forget to visit IDS15’s other feature exhibit: CUBITAT by Urban Capital and Nichetto Studio, an innovative example of "plug and play" architecture.

3) Studio North & Prototype Presented by designboomDiscover the design talent of the Great White North! Always a fan-favouite, Studio North & Prototypehighlights emerging Canadian designers and independent studios. A curated celebration of local made products don’t miss ground-breaking design, including Talia Silva’s organic-yet-otherworldly pendants and Renee Struthers’s simplistic concreate creations. #buylocal

4) designboom martBack by popular demand, designboom mart, the world’s first ever design bazaar, is returning to IDS15featuring designers from across the world including: Joe Jin, Kumvana Gomani, Mier Luo, Little Factory, Khaled Mays, Ritoon Design and Lola’s Vanity. Attendees will have the chance topurchase unique designs from jewellery and accessories to home accents and small furnishings, all at an affordable price directly on the show floor.

5) The Ultimate Airport Lounge Presented by RIMOWA and SELENE FURNITUREWhat do you get when you combine the luxury luggage of Europe’s leading luggage manufacturerRIMOWA with the superior Italian designs of SELENE FURNITURE? An ultimate airport lounge fit for the world’s savviest explorers featuring designs by Presotto. Step into the travel future.

6) MakerNEW to the design fair, IDS is pleased to present: Maker, featuring the works of four artisanal NorthAmerican design stars who produce their work in small batches with limited distribution. View theinimitable makings of Heidi Earnshaw, Peter Coolican, 1925Workbench and Miles & May, ”makers” who are at the helm of the creative process, combining traditional craftsmanship with modern aesthetics.

7) Modern KidInspired spaces create inspired minds. Go beyond the ABCs and 123s with Modern Kid and explore howdesign impacts creative thinking and discovery-based learning through play. Featuring the best incontemporary design for children, Modern Kid presents the works of Monte Design, Gallery Child and others for the ultimate in design-inspired children’s nurseries, playrooms and rec rooms.

Seminars: The conversation doesn't end there! Attend seminars throughout the weekend to hear secrets

from leading experts including: Kitchen visions by Jane Lockhart, Renovations by Kimberley Seldon and Table Top Design by Fatima Pacheco.

9) ExhibitorsThis year more than 300 exhibitors can be found on the IDS15 show floor debuting products and installation from across the world. See the newest in everything from furniture, kitchens and bathrooms, carpets & flooring, windows and doors, lighting and accessories. Exhibits not to be missed this year include the newest North American technology from Sony Canada, IKEA Canada’s introduction of their new SEKTION kitchen system. presenting kitchens designed by House and Home and Style at Home Magazines, a new productlaunch from Miele and a chance to win $10,000 towards your home renovation from National Bank’s What’s Your Design Dilemmaby Interior Designers of Canada.

10) MissoniHome RetrospectiveIn celebration of the 60th anniversary of the iconic, internationally-acclaimed MissoniHome, experience the brand’s never-before-seen retrospective at the IDS15 show entrance. Attendees will also have the opportunity of purchasing MissoniHome products at the limited edition pop-up shop on the show floor with partial proceeds supporting Habitat for Humanity Canada.

MEDIA ACCREDIATIONDon’t miss your chance to cover the design event of the year – media accreditation is open until this Friday, January 16th. To attend the Interior Design Show, all members of the media must apply to be accredited and commit to coverage of IDS15.

About Interior Design ShowFrom January 22-25, 2015, the Interior Design Show will return to Toronto for its 17th year, showcasinghot-topic design trends and the most innovative of international and Canadian design. An incubator of ideas, the show hosts the most influential design minds of today, curates feature exhibitions and collaborations, and is a platform to launch never-before-seen products. IDS is not just a fair — it’s a total design experience. Don’t miss the three day event at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this winter. Visit www.interiordesignshow.com.